Senior Analytic Engineer Full Time

Summary:

The Senior Analytic Engineer at Performant designs and builds big data solutions, blending data architecture, development, and analysis skills. Performant, a leader in healthcare payment integrity, serves Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial healthcare markets with technology-enabled services to prevent payment errors. The role supports the company’s mission of enhancing care quality and healthier lives through innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Performs analysis as required to support product development of both systems and components.
• Able to work independently on significant project components with minimal supervision and direction.
• Conducts analysis substantiating designs and iterates with system, project, and design engineering staff to optimize system and component designs.
• Recommends technical decisions on engineering approach to new or modified products.
• Reviews and analyzes data and recommends design changes as necessary.
• Communicates analytical results with engineering staff, management and customers through preparation of reports and presentations as necessary.
• Responsible for data engineering tool development and standardization and other engineering tool initiatives as defined by engineering management.
• Perform other incidentals and related duties as required and assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in relational database programming.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or equivalent combination of education and additional directly applicable experience; Masters degree preferred.
• Experience with techniques for manipulation and analysis of very large data sets.
• Ability to write complex algorithms.
• Highly skilled in database query languages like SQL.
• Familiarity with statistics and other mathematical techniques.
• UNIX/Linux experience.
• Competence with scripting languages (JavaScript, Python, Perl).
• Experience in a healthcare or financial services environment.
• Experience with healthcare data types strongly preferred, including claims for medical, pharmacy, dental and other claim types.
• Strong experience in healthcare data sets, reimbursement and/or payment integrity space, specific to: eligibility, coordination of benefits data, medical claims auditing, claims analysis and/or actuarial analysis.
• Possesses a strong analytical aptitude.
• Ability to build complex algorithms and or database queries.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills can translate complex technical lingo into plain English and also communicate verbally with clients and other engineers well.
• Takes part in continuing education to keep abreast of new research and ideas, technology & market trends.
• Is creative can think of new and innovative ways to develop new products and make existing products work more efficiently.
• Shows ability to think logically able to make sense of complex systems and understand how things work and how problems arise.
• Able to develop mathematically complex calculations of varying difficulty.
• Good problem-solving skills to figure out where the problem stems from and quickly develop a solution.
• Team player – collaborates effectively within the department and cross functionally.
• Excellent technical knowledge understands a variety of computer programs and other systems that are commonly used during an engineering project.
• Knowledgeable with statistics and other mathematical techniques.
• If working in a hybrid or fully remote setting, access to reliable, secure high-speed Internet at your home office location is required.
• Proof of such may be required prior to an offer being made.
• It is the Employee’s responsibility to maintain this Internet access at their home office location.
• Must submit to, and pass, a pre-hire criminal background check and drug test (applies to all positions).
• Ability to obtain and maintain client required clearances, as well as pass regular company background and/or drug screenings post-hire, may be required for some positions.
• Some positions may require the total absence of felony and/or misdemeanor convictions.
• Must not appear on any state/federal debarment or exclusion lists.
• Must complete the Performant Teleworker Agreement upon hire and adhere to the Agreement and all related policies and procedures.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability coverage options, life insurance coverage.
• 401(k) savings plans.
• Paid family/parental leave.
• 11 paid holidays per year.
• Sick time and vacation time off annually.